*Please see the Office of Graduate Studies Academic Catalog for definitions of Regular Admission Status and Provisional Admission Status.

Full Acceptance Requirements

Full Acceptance to the program requires applicants to have earned a bachelor's degree in IT, MIS, CS, or a closely related field (e.g., instructional technology, computer-based technology, or computer education) from an accredited college or university with a GPA of at least 2.75  OR a 2.5 GPA with significant work experience (as judged by the School of Information Technology) in Information Technology as documented by a resume and other appropriate documents

Students who have earned a bachelor's degree  outside of the IT field may be required to take the following undergraduate courses prior to being fully accepted to the program:

• ITEC 3155 Systems Analysis and Design
• ITEC 3235 Human Computer Interaction

In addition to the two courses listed above students interested in:

Software Development concentration without an IT related bachelor’s degree or programming background may be required to take:

• ITEC 2260 Intro to Computer Programming
• ITEC 2270 Application Development
• ITEC 4264 Data Structures
• ITEC 4261 Intro to JAVA Programming

Health Informatics concentration without an IT or Health Administration related bachelor’s degree should take:

• HLSA 3310 American Health Care System

Data Science concentration without an IT or MATH related bachelor’s degree should take:

• ITEC 2270 Application Development
• Appropriate undergraduate level STATISTICS course

Cybersecurity & Forensics concentration students  without an IT related bachelor’s degree are required to complete  Foundations of Cybersecurity, a non-credit departmental course and assessment with learning materials used by MGA to earn the National Center of Academic Excellence designation. The course will not appear on the student’s transcript, but successful completion is required to earn the Center of Academic Excellence designation (which will appear on the transcript). Students should also take:

• ITEC 4200 Foundations of Information Assurance

No GRE required for acceptance to the program.

Priority Acceptance to the Program

Applicant satisfying all required criteria with at least three or more years of experience in an IT environment will be given priority admission.

Acceptance with Academic Requirements

Acceptance with Academic Requirements may be awarded to students who have not satisfied all of the criteria, but who have given evidence that they may succeed in the degree program. A ‘B’ grade or better in the first three courses is required before a student can be converted to Full Acceptance status.

Admission Materials

A statement of purpose must supply a statement of the applicant’s career goals, citing how the MS in IT would assist them in achieving those goals.

A current resume must include education, work experience, awards, and any other applicable information.

Two letters of recommendation must be current and from the applicant’s former professors and supervisors.